Dress-shield device.



R. T. GRUND.

DRESS SHIELD DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 18, 1909.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

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ROSA T. GRUND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRESS-SHIELD DEVICE.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rosa T. Grimm), citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dress-Shield Devices,of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to dress shield devices, and its principal objectis to provide a simple, practical and inexpensive construction of dressshield device, which shall be easy to wear, inexpensive to make, andwhich shall render it unnecessary to attach dress shields to the waistor other dress garment and then detach them when desired to wash theshields.

By my device, the shields are independently supported, and they can beapplied and removed from the person independently of any dress garment,so that not only can they be washed separately without having to detachthem from the garment, but at the same time, the same pair of shieldscan be worn, if desired, with different garments.

The accompanying drawing represents a dress shield device embodying myinvention.

The arrangement shown in the drawings comprises a pair of dress shields,1, 2, and a pair of long supporting bands, 3 and it, which are intendedto pass over the shoulders, and are attached to the shields 1 and 2, atthe corners thereof, so as to form a loop or armhole between the shieldand the band. The ends of these bands, 3 and at, are extended down toand connected with a belt band 5, the bands 3 and 4 being attached tosaid band 5 atthe front and back thereof, preferably by slidingconnections, and being crossed at the back, as indicated at 6. Thesliding connections are simply made by loop- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 13, 1909.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Serial No. 495,598.

ing the ends of the bands 3 and 4., so that while they fit the band 5pretty closely, they are nevertheless loose enough to permit slid ing ofthe same. Short supplemental straps are extended down from the bottomsof the inner flaps of the shields 1 and 2 to the belt band 5, andprovided with sliding connections therewith, the same as bands 8 and 4.The belt band 5 is arranged to be fastened in front, as, for example, bya buckle 9.

The method by which the device is to be used, it is believed, isobvious. It will be understood that changes and modifications can bemade without departing from the spirit of the invention.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

l. A device of the class specified comprising a pair of dress shields, apair of straps arranged to pass over the shoulders and down the frontand back of the party wearing the shields, said shields being attachedto said straps and the straps being attached to one another and crossedin the back, and a belt to which said straps are attached front andback.

2. A device of the class specified comprising a pair of dress shields, apair of straps arranged to pass over the shoulders and down the frontand back of the party wearing the shields, said shields being attachedto said straps and the straps being attached to one another and crossedin the back, a

belt to which said straps are attached front and back, and a pair ofsupplemental straps extending down from the dress shields to the belt,all of said straps having sliding connections with the belt.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 10th day of May,A. D. 1909.

ROSA T. GRUND. \Vitnesses A. MjrLLnn BnLrInLo, JEAN ELLIOTT.

